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Add the new ppa:rsyncproject/rsync-latest (development snapshots rebuilt from git master) alongside the existing stable PPA in INSTALL.md and the download page. Notes that snapshot versions (3.5.0~git...) sort below the matching stable release, so the two PPAs can coexist without a stable release being silently replaced by a snapshot. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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<TITLE>rsync download</TITLE>
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<h2 align="center">rsync download</h2>
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<div style="float: right">
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<a href="https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/actions">
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<img src="badge.svg">
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</a></div>
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<h2>Source-code releases</h2>
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<p>You can grab the latest source code and other related files in a variety of ways:
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<ul>
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<li><p>The latest version is linked on the <a href="https://rsync.samba.org/">main page</a>.
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<li><p>A directory listing of these latest files and various historical release and diff files
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are available via <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/">this web page</a> and
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via <i>anonymous SSL rsync</i> using this command:
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<p><code><small>rsync-ssl rsync://download.samba.org/rsyncftp/</small></code></p>
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<li><p>You can also get .zip and .tar.gz versions of the various git repo's release
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tags via the <a href="https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/tags">rsync GitHub tags page</a>
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and the associated patches via the
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<a href="https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync-patches/tags">rsync-patches GitHub tags page</a>.
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Keep in mind that these git-derived files do NOT come with the extra generated files that are included
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in the official release tar files.
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<li><p>You can browse the very latest source files, clone the source using git, or download a .zip file of the latest
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master branch from <a href="https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync">rsync's GitHub page</a>.
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<li><p>The <a href="https://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git">Samba git repo</a> is also available,
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though it might lag behind the GitHub repo every now and then.
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</ul>
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Once you have the source, read the <a
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href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/INSTALL">INSTALL.md</a> file for
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details on some development libraries that you will need to build it.
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<h2>The GPG Signing Key</h2>
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The GPG signing key that is used to sign the release files is available from the public pgp key-server
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network. If you have automatic key-fetching enabled, just running a normal
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"gpg --verify" will grab my key automatically.
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Or, feel free to grab <a href="https://opencoder.net/WayneDavison.key">the gpp
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key for Wayne Davison</a> manually.<p>
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From 3.4.0 and later releases will be signed by Andrew
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Tridgell. Please fetch the key for andrew@tridgell.net from https://keys.openpgp.org/
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<h2>Binaries</h2>
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<p>Precompiled binaries are available in most modern OS distributions, so
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you should first check if you can install an rsync package via your
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standard package-install tools for your OS.
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<h3>Ubuntu</h3>
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<p>The rsync project maintains a Launchpad PPA that tracks upstream stable
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releases for the currently supported Ubuntu series (jammy 22.04 LTS,
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noble 24.04 LTS, questing 25.10, resolute 26.04 LTS). This is the
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fastest way to get the latest upstream rsync on Ubuntu without waiting
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for the distro to update its packaged version:
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<p><code><small>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rsyncproject/rsync<br>
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sudo apt update && sudo apt install rsync</small></code>
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<p>See the <a href="https://launchpad.net/~rsyncproject/+archive/ubuntu/rsync">PPA page on Launchpad</a>
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for build status across architectures.
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<p>For testing the upcoming release, the project also maintains a
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<a href="https://launchpad.net/~rsyncproject/+archive/ubuntu/rsync-latest">rsync-latest PPA</a>
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that is rebuilt from the tip of the <a href="https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync">git
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master branch</a>. These are development snapshots: their version numbers
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(such as <code>3.5.0~git20260601...</code>) deliberately sort <em>below</em>
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the matching stable release, so mixing this with the stable PPA above will
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never silently move you from a release onto a snapshot:
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<p><code><small>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rsyncproject/rsync-latest<br>
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sudo apt update && sudo apt install rsync</small></code>
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<p>Use the stable PPA for production systems; the rsync-latest PPA is for
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testing the master branch and may contain unreleased changes.
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<p>The <a href="https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/actions">GitHub Actions
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page</a> has build events that each generate a few binary artifact zip files
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(just click through via the build's title to see them). The actions page is
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also linked via the various green build-status icons on the web pages here.
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These builds use the newest libraries, such as xxhash checksums and zstd
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compression, and are dynamically linked, so you may need to install some
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official library packages for your distribution. If you're curious how the
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build was done, you can look at the build rules in the "Workflow file" tab.
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See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/INSTALL">INSTALL.md</a>
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file for some package name hints, though you can use the non-devel versions of
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the various lib packages and ignore the gcc/autoconf/awk packages.
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<p>There are also packages available from some <b>3rd-parties</b> (note that we
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cannot vouch for 3rd parties, so use a source that you trust):
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<ul>
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<li><p><a href="https://www.cygwin.com/">Cygwin</a> is a Posix runtime for MS
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Windows that includes rsync among their many packages.</p></li>
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<li><p><a href="https://www.itefix.net/cwrsync">cwRsync</a> is a native
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packaging of rsync for MS Windows (they appear to only provide paid releases,
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though).</p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>Git source vs Release files</h2>
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The release tar files come with a few generated files that are not checked in to git.
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These mainly include the man pages and the configure related files. To make use of
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the git-derived files you will need autoconf, autoheader, and a version of python3
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that has the commonmark lib (OR cmarkgfm). If you have trouble with setting up the
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those required files, you can try running "./prepare-source fetchgen" to grab the
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very latest generated files that were created from the latest commit into the master
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branch.
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<p> <b>Note:</b> Since the source repository is a work in progress it may, at
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times, not compile or fail in various ways, though it is usually pretty good.
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<h2>Source repository patches</h2>
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<p>There are also various patch files in the "rsync-patches" repository that
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represent either some work-in-progress features or features that are considered
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to be a little too fringe-interest for the main release. See the github link
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above for how to look around at what is available, or snag a release tar file.
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The maintainer like to put the rsync-patches dir into his rsync checkout as a
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directory named "patches" and has some helper scripts for how to use local git
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branches to test and update the diffs.
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